I hit submit (six times, one for each part) on my first novel 😳

[cw5523729]

It’s worse than that! I was a bad girl and clicked on each pending entry - to get the ref numbers to bother Laurel with them. It could presage the end of the Universe.

You've reset the clock so much you've traveled back in time!

Hey, wait, I might have an idea for a story now...

 

[AlexBailey]

Hitting “submit” six times?

EmilyDOMiller.

 

[SmilingLez]

Such discipline.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Six submissions, six rejections .

But… all for my customary spoofing of story URLs to do “Continued in…” links.

But the response was specific and not boilerplate, so a human actually read at least some of the text .

Have fixed and resubmitted.

 

[cw5523729]

Six submissions, six rejections .

But… all for my customary spoofing of story URLs to do “Continued in…” links.

But the response was specific and not boilerplate, so a human actually read at least some of the text .

Have fixed and resubmitted.

I got one rejection for having a "URL" though it was actually a gmail address - it was a fake address, for a fake character's fake business but it was a real gmail account. I redacted it, resubmitted, and it was approved same day.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Six submissions, six rejections .

But… all for my customary spoofing of story URLs to do “Continued in…” links.

But the response was specific and not boilerplate, so a human actually read at least some of the text .

Have fixed and resubmitted.

Parts I and II scheduled for November 1st and 2nd… hopefully the rest to follow with a new part each day .

 

[cw5523729]

Parts I and II scheduled for November 1st and 2nd… hopefully the rest to follow with a new part each day .

Mine has maintained its pace of 1 part per day since 10/9, with the next 3 days scheduled and only 4 more to go after that.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Six submissions, six rejections .

But… all for my customary spoofing of story URLs to do “Continued in…” links.

But the response was specific and not boilerplate, so a human actually read at least some of the text .

Have fixed and resubmitted.

How soon was that after submitting?

Congrats on getting publishing dates, by the way.

 

[SamanthaBehgs]

Six submissions, six rejections .

But… all for my customary spoofing of story URLs to do “Continued in…” links.

But the response was specific and not boilerplate, so a human actually read at least some of the text .

Have fixed and resubmitted.

How do you create your own URL for the "continued in" section? I have my first ever two part story and was trying to figure that out.

 

[EmilyMiller]

How do you create your own URL for the "continued in" section? I have my first ever two part story and was trying to figure that out.

You have to guess what the URL of the story will be and use that. But the site gets twitchy about it. They have some reason. I had a case when there was another story with the same title as me and somehow the URLs got crossed - so my story was continuing theirs and vice versa.

They’ve kinda indulged me before, but seem to be a bit less flexible now. It’s no biggie.

What you can do is publish a minor edit with the actual URL once all the parts are published.

 

[iwatchus]

How do you create your own URL for the "continued in" section? I have my first ever two part story and was trying to figure that out.

As long as the system recognizes it as a series, there is an easy click at the end of the story to get to the next one.

 

[EmilyMiller]

As long as the system recognizes it as a series, there is an easy click at the end of the story to get to the next one.

But - as ever - the UX leaves much to be desired.

 

[ElectricBlue]

How do you create your own URL for the "continued in" section? I have my first ever two part story and was trying to figure that out.

If the chapter titles have the same leading text followed by Ch.01, Ch.02 the site joins them together automatically.

Title Title
Title Title Ch.02
Title Title Ch.03

Title Title - Annie
Title Title - Billy
Title Title - Charlie

It's an alphanumeric sort algorithm. Alternatively, you can use the Manual Series function, but that takes a while. The auto-sequencing runs daily.

See my story catalogue for examples of both methods:
https://www.literotica.com/authors/ElectricBlue/works/stories

 

[EmilyMiller]

How soon was that after submitting?

Congrats on getting publishing dates, by the way.

The rejections were within an hour. Parts I to III (another one now) approved for publishing within an hour of me resubmitting. Parts IV - VI still pending.

 

[EmilyMiller]

How do you create your own URL for the "continued in" section? I have my first ever two part story and was trying to figure that out.

For example:

https://www.literotica.com/s/a-good-girl-gone-bad-ch-01-ella

https://www.literotica.com/s/a-good-girl-gone-bad-ch-02-bound

https://www.literotica.com/s/a-good-girl-gone-bad-ch-03-gaped

And so on…

 

[SamanthaBehgs]

For example:

https://www.literotica.com/s/a-good-girl-gone-bad-ch-01-ella

https://www.literotica.com/s/a-good-girl-gone-bad-ch-02-bound

https://www.literotica.com/s/a-good-girl-gone-bad-ch-03-gaped

And so on…

I see what you did on the user end, but how did you generate the links before the second chapter was even published? It wouldn't be a valid link then, would it?

 

[EmilyMiller]

I see what you did on the user end, but how did you generate the links before the second chapter was even published? It wouldn't be a valid link then, would it?

I guessed it based on how things normally go. I get it right like 90% of the time, but the site isn’t a fan of me doing it.

 

[THBGato]

It’s a dystopian SciFi with a lesbian love story intertwined between many events and with some hetero sex along the way. Not sure whether it will make it over @THBGato’s bar for reading!

I don't think my bar should be any kind of yardstick to measure by. Have I inadvertently made a rod for my own back?

Anyway, I'm sure I'll at least give Chapter 1 a twirl...

 

[AwkwardlySet]

The rejections were within an hour. Parts I to III (another one now) approved for publishing within an hour of me resubmitting. Parts IV - VI still pending.

Huh, wow. Well, you do seem to have a shortcut to Laurel.

I am curious to figure out the workings of these new publishing practices. They seem to be too much on the extreme right now. A couple of hours vs weeks or months. I'm now wondering what to do as I'm about to enter day six of pending. I'll likely wait one more day and then resubmit and leave it there indefinitely.

I hoped for my story to premiere here, but after some consideration, I've decided to submit it to SOL, so I guess it'll come out there first... if it even comes out here at all.

Congrats once again. I'm glad to hear that the site is working for someone, at least.

 

[MrPixel]

But - as ever - the UX leaves much to be desired.

I think I have that licked... maybe... need to check recent edits to that.

 

[WittyUserName]

Not sure whether I’m more scared of it not getting published or getting published

UPDATE: It took me 11 months and 17 days to finish - with writing other stuff in between and some long lacunae. The six parts total 86,662 words.

Congratulations! That's an amazing accomplishment. I'm looking forward to reading!

 

[cw5523729]

Huh, wow. Well, you do seem to have a shortcut to Laurel.

Cue 40,000 people all sending PMs to @EmilyMiller right this second to ask her to "pull strings" for them to get their stories published

 

[cw5523729]

I hoped for my story to premiere here, but after some consideration, I've decided to submit it to SOL, so I guess it'll come out there first... if it even comes out here at all.

SOL is much, much faster to get stuff approved (my last submission was within 3 hours) and they don't really restrict anything but their readership is way, way, waaaaay lower than here.

 

[Off_base]

Not sure whether I’m more scared of it not getting published or getting published

UPDATE: It took me 11 months and 17 days to finish - with writing other stuff in between and some long lacunae. The six parts total 86,662 words.

Congrats! I'll definitely be reading it.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

SOL is much, much faster to get stuff approved (my last submission was within 3 hours) and they don't really restrict anything but their readership is way, way, waaaaay lower than here.

The interface and website visibility are SOL's greatest issues. I've seen no indication that they were gonna improve there.

But it's too bad that there isn't more competition for Lit. Things would be different then.